US EditionUkrainian Trio Arrested with Hacking Gear Amid Rising Cyber Tensions
Three men charged with offences including fraud and threatening national security after being found with hacking tools during a Warsaw traffic stop, court approved three months pretrial detention.
- On Monday, police in Warsaw detained three Ukrainian citizens after a traffic stop uncovered alleged hacking equipment, police announced.
- Officers said the items could be used to interfere with strategic IT systems and break into telecommunications networks, while the men told police they arrived hours earlier travelling Europe but could not explain the equipment.
- A search of the vehicle revealed Flipper hacking equipment, antennas, laptops, a large number of SIM cards, routers, portable hard drives, cameras and a `spying device detector`, which prosecutors received for further action.
- Prosecutors charged the men with fraud, computer fraud and possessing crime-adapted devices, while a court approved initial three-month pretrial detention; Marcin Kierwiński, interior minister, declined to comment.
- Broadcaster TVN reported arrests related to sabotage have occurred almost daily for the past two weeks, while authorities have not disclosed specifics or confirmed state sponsorship.
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Three Ukrainian men were arrested and put under arrest in Warsaw, after having been found in their car hacking equipment and other devices, according to a Polish police month announcement, mentioned...
Three men, aged 43, 42 and 39, arrested by Polish police on Monday claimed to be "travelling around Europe". They had arrived in Poland a few hours earlier and were travelling to Lithuania, police spokesman Kacper Wojteczko said.
Three Ukrainian men who were stopped in Warsaw had hacking equipment in their car and were charged with national defence-related offences, announced the Polish police for months, reports Reuters.
Polish police arrest three Ukrainians found with hacking equipment
WARSAW, Dec 8 - Three Ukrainian men have been stopped in Warsaw with computer hacking equipment in their car and charged with offences linked to national defence, Polish police said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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